Development of tubular cardiovascular phantom system for pulse transit time simulation by Wan Zaki, Wan Suhaimizan, Correia, Ricardo, Korposh, Serhiy, Hayes-Gill, Barrie R., P. Morgan, Stephen

“…Plastic optical fibre (POF) sensors were used to measure the pulse signal on the flexible tube and the results were compared with an in-line pressure sensor. In this experiment, the delay time between two pulses were calculated offline using Matlab software and correlated with pulse pressure. …”
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Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

“…Our main results are in line with the existing literature. First, we find that the poverty elasticities to growth and inequality are, respectively, around -2% and 2%. …”
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Personal data “Up in the Air”: a tale of two Malaysian airlines in dealing with consumers online privacy by Zulhuda, Sonny, Delpisheh, Maryam

“…The ultimate goal of this assessment is to see to what extent their existing online privacy policies and practices are in line with the personal data protection principles provided in the PDP Act 2010. …”
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Smoking: ban all forms of tobacco by Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki

“…According to the World Health Organisation, more than five million people will die from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes, cancer, lung ailments or other diseases this year. …”
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Assessing the applicability of student-based brand equity constructs in university institution preference in Ghana by Effah, Ebenezer Asare

“…This study ascertains the applicability of five empirically established brand equity constructs to Ghana’s university industry. …”
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Coproduction from theory to practice: Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network: an evaluation report by Burgess, Rochelle Ann, Choudary, Natasha

“…As argued by Batalden and colleagues (2015) Coproduction approaches highlight the value of partnerships at multiple levels that is in line with a more complex view of service user-provider relationship to include more complex dynamics of partnerships, power and resources. …”
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Where modern science and civilization meet Islamic values and epistemology: creative encounters by Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain

“…This creative encounter between Islam and modern science and civilization is explored in five broad integrated fronts: ethical, aesthetical, epistemological, eschatological and ontological fronts. …”
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An analysis of export performance and economic growth of Malaysia using co-integration and error correction model by Sulaiman, Muna, Md Saad, Norma

“…Combining production function, and international trade and development theories, a five variable model is specified and estimated by using cointegration tests and error correction model. …”
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A survey of operations management practices in Islamic banks of Bangladesh by Hossain, Tareq, Islam, Rafikul

“…The survey involves 37 branches of five Islamic banks in Bangladesh. In particular, the survey focuses on operations strategy, process, technology, layout, location, supply chain, and quality management. …”
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Ibadat (worships) in Islam: a comparative jurisprudential analysis by Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Md. Hashim, Ashraf

“…Chapter four describes the jurisprudence of fasting together with juristic evaluation of its contemporary issues. Chapter five expounds the classical fiqh of zakah with focus on its application in the modern time. …”
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BBQE: multi-language string search approach for blackberry environment by Mantoro, Teddy, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Mercic, Merdin

“…This paper discussed on how wireless networks affect the performance of a multi-language string search client-server based application for a Blackberry device in comparison to a standalone application. As a case study, five Al-Quran translations are used as proof of concept that string-search can be implemented in an efficient and fast search manner in several databases. …”
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Designing a rubric to assess student engineering projects by Shafie, Amir Akramin

“…The rubric assesses student five general areas, Fundamental (F), Analysis (A), Design (D), Ethics, Safety, Society and Environment (ESSE) and Work skill (WS). …”
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Compact Quad-Band Bandpass Filter Based on Stub-Loaded Resonators by Virdee, Bal Singh, Farhat, Mohamad, Riaz, Muhammad

“…The proposed technique provides sufficient degree of freedom to control the center frequency and bandwidth of the four passbands. In addition, the five transmission zeros created around the passbands results in a quad-band filter with high selectivity, sharp 3 dB cut-off frequency, high isolation, and low passband insertion-loss. …”
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Introducing computer-assisted assessment : considerations for the new practitioner by Lingard, Matt

“…These issues have been explored under five main headings: assessment purpose, time, pedagogic, operational and technological and students. …”
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The neoliberal convergence of European industrial relations: economic inevitability or result of European political choices? by Jefferys, Steve

“…The central argument of Lucio Baccaro and Chris Howell’s analysis of European industrial relations over the past four decades (with a statistical analysis of fifteen countries and detailed chapters on five) is that ‘employer discretion’ has increased everywhere, although this is evidenced more in some countries than in others. …”

Impact of national culture on performance measurement systems in manufacturing firms by Jwijati, Ihssan, Bititci, Umit S., Caldwell, Nigel, Garengo, Patrizia, Dan, Wang

“…This study adopts an analytical framework based on social and technical controls, PMS lifecycle and Hofstede’s six dimensions of national culture to explore the complex impact of national culture on PMS using 10 case studies from five culturally diverse regions. Findings clarify previously inconclusive research results by explaining how various dimensions of national culture influence the technical and social dimensions of PMS. …”

The working class in Schrader’s Blue Collar (1978) by Wheeler, Mark

“…Within this rust-belt drama, two of the men are black --- the thirty year-old Ezekiel ‘Zeke’ Brown (Richard Pryor) and the two-time ‘loser’ ex-convict thirty-five-year-old Sam ‘Smokey’ James (Yaphet Kotto) --- and one is white --- the thirty two year old Polish American Jerry Bartowski (Harvey Keitel). …”
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The effect of fabric constructions on elastic behaviour and tension decay of compression garment by Idris, M. K. M., Nasir, S. H., Roslan, M. N.

“…The strain of fabrics was measured using a tensile testing machine, and each sample was cycled five times between zero and the specified strain to simulate the repeated use of compression garments. …”
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Empirical bayesian binary classification forests using bootstrap prior by Olaniran, Oyebayo Ridwan, Abdullah, Mohd Asrul Affendi, Gopal Pillay, Khuneswari A/P, Olaniran, Saidat Fehintola

“…An illustration of the proposed, and existing methods was performed using five high-dimensional microarray datasets that emanated from colon, breast, lymphoma and Central Nervous System (CNS) cancer tumours. …”

A carnivorous plant algorithm for solving global optimization problems by Ong, Kok Meng, Ong, Pauline, Sia, Chee Kiong

“…The applicability of the CPA was further examined on mechanical engineering design problems and a real-world challenging application of controlling the orientation of a five degree-of-freedom robotic arm. Experimental simulations demonstrated the supremacy of the CPA in solving global optimization problems.…”
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